Juergen Freund / Halligan Bay, where land meets water of the salt field and thousands of dead bugs, fish, rodents and birds are washed ashore. Lake Eyre, South Australia

Phil Savoie / Spotted Lake, a saline endorheic alkali lake, a medicine lake for the Okanagan Syilx people, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Phil Savoie / Spotted Lake, a saline endorheic alkali lake, a medicine lake for the Okanagan Syilx people, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Juergen Freund / Shore of lake Eyre at sunset, South Australia

Juergen Freund / Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) in Lake Eyre from the shores of Halligan Bay, South Australia